Candy jar



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CANDY JAR.

APPLICATION FILED IuLY3. 1922.

LIyQQ. l Patented Oct-3L 1922.

MM2/f 'Patented @et Eil,

LMR SHOWER, 0F MLWAUEEE, WISCOBSIN.

@ANDY JAR.

applicatie. ined July a, 1922. serial no. 572,687.

To cZZ whom it may concern.'

Be it known that l, LAMAR H. SHovnR, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State ot l/Visconsin, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Candy Jars; and l do hereby declare that the following is a "full, clear, and exact description thereof. A

This invention pertains to a device for regulating the humidity within a closed jar or container.

The primary object of the invention re- ,sides in the provision of a simple and economical device of the above character, which does not require a specially constructed jar, but is applicable to any standard or conventional type, such as glass candy| or cigar jars provided with the usual hollow cap.

A more specic object is to provide a humidity regulator with resilient means tor engaging the interior of a hollow cap, whereby the device is detachably retained within the cap.

With the above and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, my invention resides in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts, substantially as hereinafter described and more particularly defined by the 'appended claims, it being understood that such changes in the precise embodiment of the herein disclosed invention may be made as come within the scope ofthe claims.

, ln the accompanying drawing, l have illustrated one complete examplleJ of the physical embodiment ofthe present invention constructed according to the best mode l have so far devised Jor the practical application of the principles thereof, and in which Figure l is a vertical sectional vliew through a humidity regulator constructed in accordance with the present invention and showing the same applied to a conventional type of glass candy ]ar. y

Figure 2 is a plan view of the invention, with parts broken away to more clearly illustrate the Structural features.

Referring now more particularly to the accompanylng drawings, the present invention, which is designed to reduce or increase the humidity within a container, comprises a housing consisting of a cylindrical cup 3 having pertorations in its bottom and side wall and provided with a cover or closure .desire-d to reduce the humidity.

in the present instance, the housing is shown positioned within the mouth of a hollow cap 6, which cap is provided with an annular contracted portionl 7 engaged by a plurality of resilient radial arms 8 secured to the housing by means of a bolt 9 passing through the cover l and the cup 3, which bolt, in addition to securing the resilient arms to the cover, also serves to lock the entire assembled device together, the bolt being provided with a knurled thumb nut l0.

From the foregoing it is obvious that the device can be readily dissembled when -it is desired to change the pad contained in the housing to either decrease or increase the humidity, and it will also be seen that the resilient means provided enables the device to be quickly inserted or removed from a conventional hollow cap, the resilient arms compensating for slight variation in size and shape of the cap.

Attention is also directed to the fact that the projecting cover 4f, which abuts the annular contracted portion 7 of the cap, serves to space the cupv from the sides of the cap,

thereby enabling the air to entirely surround the perforated sides of tle cap, insuring the eicient action of the device in either decreasing or increasing the humid-A ity within the container.

interior of a hollow cap to detachably re- I tain the housing within the cap.

2. A device of the character described, comprising a housing consisting of a circular perforated cup adapted to receive a porous pad, a cover for the cup, resilientl ra ial arms adapted to engage the interior of a hollow cap to retain the housing within the cap, and a bolt passing through said resilient arms, cover, and cup, to lock said parts together.

3. A device of the character described, comprising a perforated circular housing adapted to encase a porous pad, and resilient radial arms secured to the housing and adapted to engage the contracted interior" portion of `a hollow cap to detachably retain the housing within the cap.

4. In combination with a hollow cap having a restricted annular portion, a housing adapted to be inserted in the mouth of said cap and abut the restricted portion, a porous pad positioned within the housing, and a plurality of resilient radial arms carried by the housing and adapted to engage the restricted portion of the cap to retain the.-

housing' within the same.

5. In combination with a hollow cap hav?- ing a restricted annular portion, a housing Wisconsin. y

LAMAR H. SHOVER. 

